Colliery
//ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings. British
"From the hillock a score of red paths diverged as black ones do from a colliery, one of them leading to the homestead itself […]"
- 2 a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it wordnet
- 3 A facility that supplies coal. US
Example
More examples"My great-grandfather began to work in a Welsh colliery when he was only twelve years old."
Etymology
From collier + -y.
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